Nonrefillable bottle



July 23, v1929- J. HERzlcK 1,721,662

NONREFILLABLE BOTTLE Filed Nov. 16. 1928 vf5 7%/ if@ Z Patented duly 23, 1929.

JOHN HERZICK, OF ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO.

NoNRnriLLABLn BOTTLE.

I Application filed November 16, 1928. Serial. No. 319,784.

This invention relates to bottles and more particularly to bottles of the non-refillable type. l

There is a constant demand by manufacturers of standard liquid products for ren ceptacles to prevent. the aduiteration of their products, or 'to refill the receptacle with a spurious iiquid which may be sold in the well known bottle of the manufacturer and. thus deceive the public with the resulting` damage to the trade naine of the manufacturer.

It is therefore an object oi this invention. to provide a bottle which may not be refilled, thus preventing the palming oft of substitutes under a standard trade name..

A further object of the invention is the provision of a non-relillable bottle which is simple in structure and manufacture and which may have an outward appearance similar tothe ordinary bottle.

These and other objects are attained by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing consti tuting a material part of this disclosure and which j Figure 1 is a sectional view taken on line 1-1 of Figure 3.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2 2 of Figure 3.

Figure 3 is a cross-'sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing, a bottle having f a body 4 is provided with a neck 5 with a con'- structed portion 6 where the neck enters the body 4. The mouth of the Vneck has an eX- ternal bead 7 ywhich receives the flange 8 of a cap 9, the latter bein edectively sealed over the mouth of the necky a washer l0 of cork, rubber or similar material.

Through an aperture 11 in the cap .and washer, passes a rod 12 having a handle 13 at its free s nd whichl extends beyond the mouth of the neck 5. A ball 14 is attached to the other ezd of the rod 12, and is of such a diameter es to prohibit its passage through the constricted portion 6 into the body ofy the bottle. v

At an intermediate portion of the neck 5, between the ball 14 and the mouth of the neck is positioned a disc 15 of rubber or similar materials, this disc being provided with an elongated slot16 through which the rod 12 passes. The disc is also provided with a plurality of apertures 1'? which. enable the passage of the-liquid from the bottle te the mouth. To prevent the removal of the disc 15 and the ball 14, the interior walls of the neck are inclined at 18 at the mouth, to provide a restricted opening of less diameter than the disc or the ball.

In operation, it will be seen that liquid, may be poured from the bottle and the disc 15 will prevent the ball from closing the mouth at the restricted portion 18, the liquid passing through the apertures 17in the disc. It should be noted that the rod 12 is ydetaclfnid from the ball 14. when the bottle is in commercial use and imperforated caps 9 and 10 supplied, and s houd an attempt be made to reill the bottle, the ball 14 will fall into the restricted portion 6 of the neck and prevent any liquid from going into the body of the hottie.

Now, when the owner of the bottle, or the manufacturer of the standard liquid product' desires to use the bottle again or to .fill it in the first instance, the rod l2 is attached to the ball 14;, which is pulled. up and held against the disc 15, and. when the ball is in such position the bottle may be filled.

From the above description it will be seen that there has been provi-ded a bottle which may not readdly1 be refilled by unauthorized persons, yet at t e same time roviding means for filling the bottle by aut iorized persons.

The foregoing disclosure is to be regarded as descriptive and illustrative only, and not as restrictiveor limitative of the invention, 'of which, obvlously 1 an embodiment may be constructed inclu ng many modiications without departing from the general scope herein indicated and denoted in the appended claims. Having thus described. my invention, what vI claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: f

1. A non-refillable bottle, 'comprising a body, a neck having a constricted portion where it joins the body., an apertured disc positioned in the neck midway of its length a all movable in the neck between the disc and the constricted portion, a, rod detachable connected with the ball and slida-ble through a slot in the disc, and a cap to cover the mouth of the neck, the diameter of the mouth being less than the diameter of the disc.

2. A non-refillable bottle, comprising a body, a neck having a constricted portion Where it joins the body, an apertured (lise positioned in the neck midweys of its length, aJ ball movable in the neck between the elise and the eonstricted portion, the diameter of the bell being greater than the diameter of "ille consricted portion, e rod detachable con heated with the ball and siideflole through e weie@ slot in elle disc, en external bead on iie neck of its monili, end e oep having enges engaging elle loeed, the diameter of the mouth being less inem @he diameter of the dise. l

In Witness whereof i have axeel my signatuie.

JOHN HERZUK. 

